Process of treating match-splints.



WILLIAM G. WEY,

OF BARBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PROCESS OF TREATING MATCH-SPLINTS.

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To all whom it may concern citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Treating Matcl1-Splints, of which the following is a specification;

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, economical and efiicientprocess whereby flaming and non-glowing properties are imparted to match-splints and to that end I impregnate the splints with a solution of'white or yellow phosphorus in an unctuous inflammable material, preferably melted paraffin wax.

In carrying out my invention in a simple and economical manner I prepare a bath of melted paraiiin Wax and dissolve therein and mix therewith suiiicient phosphorus to im part the requisite non-glowing property to the splints which are dipped into and impregnated with the solution. F or example, one hundred parts, by weight, of paraiiin (125 F. crude scale wax) is melted and heated to a temperature of about 17 5 F., and one part, by weight, of phosphorus (wet) is dried and dropped into the melted paraffin. The phosphorus at once melts, and, upon stirring, the phosphorus mixeswith the melted paraflin. The liquid mixture is heated to about 250 F. and the match splints are dipped in the usual way. The splints thus treated burn freely when'ig- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 29, 1913. Serial No. 770,632.

Patented June 2, 1914.

V nited owing to the presence of the paraifin Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. IVEY. a therein,

and yet when the flame is extinguished there is no after-glow for the reason that the splints are impregnated with the oX-y-acids of phosphorus resulting from the oxidization of the phosphorus which was in solution in the paraffin bath.

I claim- 1. The process of treating match splints to impart flaming and non-glowing properties thereto, which consists in subjecting the splints to a solution of phosphorus in an unctuous inflammable substance.

The process of treating match splints to impart flaming and non-glowing properties thereto, which consists in subjecting the splints to a solution of phosphorus in melted paraffin.

3. The process oi treating match splints to impart flaming and non-glowing properties thereto, which consists in melting paraflin wax, heating the same to a temperature of about i75 F" therein, heating the solution to about 250 F., and then dipping the splints in the solution.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this 23rd day 01 May A. I). 1918.

W ILLI AM G. WEI.

Witnesses:

H. JOHNSTON, SABINA PARKS.

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